Distribution of HK-listed directors by age

This table summarises the age distribution of directors of HK primary-listed companies on any snapshot date since 1-Jan-1990. Biographies were not required in annual reports until 1995, so some age data is missing for directors who resigned before that. Biographies were not required upon appointment until 31-Mar-2004, so if a director was appointed and left between successive annual reports, then he could avoid his biography being published. For a list of directors ranked by age, click here.

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Year of birth	Age in 2026	No. of dirs	Total seats held	Female	Female seats	Cumul- ative dirs	Cumul- ative seats	Cumul- ative females	Cumul- ative female seats
1917	109	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
1919	107	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3
1925	101	1	4	1	4	3	7	3	7
1930	96	2	3	0	0	5	10	3	7
1932	94	1	1	0	0	6	11	3	7
1933	93	1	1	0	0	7	12	3	7
1934	92	5	8	0	0	12	20	3	7
1935	91	4	5	0	0	16	25	3	7
1936	90	9	11	2	2	25	36	5	9
1937	89	8	12	0	0	33	48	5	9
1938	88	15	20	1	1	48	68	6	10
1939	87	13	23	2	2	61	91	8	12
1940	86	22	33	3	3	83	124	11	15
1941	85	22	29	4	5	105	153	15	20
1942	84	23	28	4	6	128	181	19	26
1943	83	33	39	3	3	161	220	22	29
1944	82	42	48	3	3	203	268	25	32
1945	81	57	80	8	10	260	348	33	42
1946	80	86	109	3	3	346	457	36	45
1947	79	79	104	9	10	425	561	45	55
1948	78	118	166	13	17	543	727	58	72
1949	77	121	178	9	12	664	905	67	84
1950	76	143	187	11	12	807	1092	78	96
1951	75	157	238	15	19	964	1330	93	115
1952	74	174	225	22	29	1138	1555	115	144
1953	73	187	251	26	35	1325	1806	141	179
1954	72	229	288	25	33	1554	2094	166	212
1955	71	294	393	32	42	1848	2487	198	254
1956	70	252	304	32	36	2100	2791	230	290
1957	69	320	391	43	50	2420	3182	273	340
1958	68	289	355	41	47	2709	3537	314	387
1959	67	293	357	48	56	3002	3894	362	443
1960	66	319	397	63	69	3321	4291	425	512
1961	65	344	402	58	66	3665	4693	483	578
1962	64	514	608	93	100	4179	5301	576	678
1963	63	593	725	89	110	4772	6026	665	788
1964	62	587	720	104	126	5359	6746	769	914
1965	61	553	649	84	91	5912	7395	853	1005
1966	60	505	579	83	96	6417	7974	936	1101
1967	59	510	585	97	114	6927	8559	1033	1215
1968	58	614	712	107	114	7541	9271	1140	1329
1969	57	566	667	104	122	8107	9938	1244	1451
1970	56	624	713	164	188	8731	10651	1408	1639
1971	55	614	713	148	177	9345	11364	1556	1816
1972	54	607	699	159	178	9952	12063	1715	1994
1973	53	568	659	125	139	10520	12722	1840	2133
1974	52	598	659	154	161	11118	13381	1994	2294
1975	51	499	566	135	149	11617	13947	2129	2443
1976	50	476	532	116	125	12093	14479	2245	2568
1977	49	451	507	107	111	12544	14986	2352	2679
1978	48	462	507	140	152	13006	15493	2492	2831
1979	47	415	463	105	116	13421	15956	2597	2947
1980	46	415	473	127	153	13836	16429	2724	3100
1981	45	406	451	119	129	14242	16880	2843	3229
1982	44	394	436	102	107	14636	17316	2945	3336
1983	43	369	400	116	126	15005	17716	3061	3462
1984	42	310	335	98	104	15315	18051	3159	3566
1985	41	272	301	75	76	15587	18352	3234	3642
1986	40	254	276	93	101	15841	18628	3327	3743
1987	39	234	248	78	84	16075	18876	3405	3827
1988	38	177	187	54	56	16252	19063	3459	3883
1989	37	159	166	60	62	16411	19229	3519	3945
1990	36	116	123	49	50	16527	19352	3568	3995
1991	35	83	89	28	29	16610	19441	3596	4024
1992	34	75	83	32	33	16685	19524	3628	4057
1993	33	52	57	27	30	16737	19581	3655	4087
1994	32	46	47	15	15	16783	19628	3670	4102
1995	31	40	45	14	16	16823	19673	3684	4118
1996	30	19	19	7	7	16842	19692	3691	4125
1997	29	13	13	7	7	16855	19705	3698	4132
1998	28	19	19	12	12	16874	19724	3710	4144
1999	27	7	7	2	2	16881	19731	3712	4146
2000	26	4	4	2	2	16885	19735	3714	4148
2001	25	3	3	0	0	16888	19738	3714	4148
2002	24	2	2	2	2	16890	19740	3716	4150

	Male	Female	Total
Directors	13174	3716	16890
Seats	15590	4150	19740
Average seats	1.183	1.117	1.169
Share of directors	78.00%	22.00%	100.00%
Share of seats	78.98%	21.02%	100.00%
Average age in 2026	57.2	52.7	56.2

Note: the average age excludes any people whose ages are unknown.